18.4 Populating Repeating Attributes using Automatic Property Extraction

Let us create a template file that allows content creators to enter names of multiple books as well as the names of their authors in a repeating block.

We will develop a custom XML Application that will populate the authors multi-valued repeating property of a document with the names of authors entered in the Template file.

1. 1. Create and import a template in Web Publisher (say Second_XMLApp_Template.xml) and attach it to dm_document object type with Default Lifecycle. The Template file Second_XMLApp_Template.xml follows:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <BOOK>
   <REPEATBLOCK>
   <BOOKNAME/>
   <AUTHORNAME/>
   </REPEATBLOCK>
   </BOOK>
   

   Create a Rules file (say Second_XMLApp_TemplateRule.xml) for the above template and associate the Template file with this Rules file. The Rules file Second_XMLApp_TemplateRule.xml follows:

   <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
   <rules>
   &lt...